#blasterdarks

                                       ren was so cute with his eyes wide and face red. kai couldn’t remember ever seeing it, so it was like seeing it for the first time. he was falling in love ( all over again ). his gaze was glued to ren’s. he felt so close to ren, so close to himself, yet so far. in his mind, he was reaching for something he couldn’t grasp, and he didn’t know what it was. it was so close to him but he couldn’t make it out. ren made it feel attainable. ren made anything feel attainable. ren felt like coming home.

                                     mamoru went to get the door immediately, still being up with work. the sun had set a long time ago. he knew it must have been late because of how tired he felt as soon as he got up. he hoped nothing was wrong, but what other reason would someone have to come to his house so late?

                                             oh, of course it was his boyfriend. only ren would do something like that just because he felt like it. he immediately relaxed. at least nothing was wrong. he was surprised to see ren with a cake in one of his hands. “ oh ...! ” it was his birthday already. time passed so quickly with how busy he was, he forgot the days. he took the gift from ren’s other hand so ren wouldn’t have to juggle both of the gifts. he felt his face flush when he saw what it was. a pendant bordered with little diamonds and a heart-shaped ruby centerpiece. the shape of the border was unique -- two silver loops with the bottom surrounding the heart. it was beautiful. ren always had such good taste ... but such expensive taste, too.

                                   “ you do? ” ren knew a lot about kai. it made kai stick to him like a security blanket. he felt safe around him. kai was fine with leaving it to ren, if he was this excited to cook. kai didn’t cook very often, aside from helping his parents out. he was an okay cook, he thought, not anything amazing. but when kai watched what ren did next, he suddenly thought that maybe he was an amazing cook after all.

                                  kai couldn’t stop the shiver down his spine when a strange person approached him. he had on a costume like a cosplayer, and the tone he used was intimidating despite how giddy it was. he didn’t know if it was because of how strange this person was, or because of the weird feelings he’d been having because of his other memories. 

“kai~” ren walked up to kai from behind, holding two boxes behind his back. “close your eyes and turn around! i have a surprise for you!” and this time, it wasn’t a bad surprise. most of the time his “surprises” were not good ones, but he had too much fun with that sort of thing. this time was different though. after kai turned around, he placed both presents in his hands. one contained a locket with a picture of himself, kai, and tetsu inside, while the other was a red t-shirt that only had the word “the” on it. “i think you’ll like them! oh and one more thing!” he kissed kai’s cheek and smiled warmly, “happy birthday, kai. i love you and i’m glad you were born.”

                                     ren was full of surprises lately. all kai could do was oblige him, because it wasn’t as if he had done anything extremely awful yet. kai turned around when a few moments had passed, and was surprised when two items were placed in his hands. he was especially surprised at the locket, which looked too expensive and pristine. he opened it and gasped softly when he saw what was inside. foo fighter when they were children. he knew ren treasured those days as much as kai did, and even though they were torn apart in an awful way, they were finally at the point that they could both look back fondly. he brought the locket close to his chest as he looked at the item in his other hand. a red shirt with the word ‘ the ’. it was probably a joke, but it was a gift from ren and that word in reference to vanguard was his connection to ibuki and miwa, so he couldn’t help becoming sentimental about that, too.